Codex-style terminal chat with Apple Intelligence

Compare with OpenAI Codex: both are terminal-first, prompt-only coding assistants. Officeless keeps inference on-device via the macOS menu bar bridge — lighter on memory and no code leaves your Mac in local-only mode.

Step 1 — Download and install the macOS app

1. Download the latest DMG using the button above, or visit the macOS download page.
2. Open the DMG and drag Officeless Code Intelligence into Applications.
3. Launch the app — it appears in the menu bar (no Dock icon).
4. Verify the bridge:

   curl http://127.0.0.1:8765/v1/status

Step 2 — Install the terminal CLI

1. Clone the repo (or use an existing checkout):

   git clone https://bitbucket.org/jojocoders/officeless-intelligence-runtime.git
   cd officeless-intelligence-runtime
   npm run cli:install

2. Start the interactive REPL (like Codex / Gemini CLI):

   npm run chat

Step 3 — DevOps Central profile

For platform engineering and DevOps Central workflows, use the DevOps-tuned profile:

npm run chat -- --devops

Example prompts:

• How do I deploy secret-broker to prod-vas with make?
• What Argo CD app syncs vas-access-hub?
• Explain hetzner-platform-foundation vs hetzner-platform-apps.

Step 4 — One-shot prompts and file context

# Single question
npm run chat -- -m "How do I kubectl into code-intelligence-website?"

# Attach a file
npm run chat -- --devops \
  -f ../hetzner-platform-foundation/Makefile \
  -m "Which make targets deploy platform services?"

REPL commands: /help, /clear, /file path, /exit

Step 5 — VS Code integrated terminal chat

Prefer the editor? Install the VS Code extension first, then open terminal chat from inside VS Code:

1. Command Palette (⇧⌘P) → type Officeless: Open Terminal Chat.
2. VS Code opens an integrated terminal named Officeless Chat and starts the CLI automatically.
3. Type coding prompts and press Enter — same REPL as Step 2, but inside your editor.

Example prompts to test coding:

/status
Write a Node.js script that reads JSON from stdin and pretty-prints it
Explain the difference between async/await and Promise.all
/file src/index.ts
Review this file for error-handling gaps

Full VS Code install, settings, and test checklist: VS Code install guide.

Chat API

curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8765/v1/chat \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "message": "How do I sync Argo CD apps on prod-vas?",
    "language": "",
    "filePath": "",
    "context": "",
    "profile": "devops",
    "history": []
  }'